Last Nights Reading

I'm going to be perfectly honest, except for the fact that I was going to be hanging out with Nina, I was really dreading going to this River City Writers reading last night. But I fell in love with the entire event. I don't know about you guys but I'm a HUGE book nerd. People make fun of me at my work because I spend my breaks reading in the food court instead of eating. To hear each author read from their book was so surreal for me. When I read a book, I'm so focused on the story that I completely forget someone actually sat down and spent maybe years writing it. To hear each writer read from their very own works in the way it was originally intended to be read, was one of the neatest experiences in my life. By the end of the whole thing I was ready to go to Barnes and Noble and buy all three books. After the night was over I realized that I never give nonfiction a chance. I love fiction, it's mind boggling for me to read a book like Harry Potter (don't laugh! I love Harry Potter!) and to think about how in depth the author's imagination must be to come up with all these different lives and world so vividly. But after last night I realized that nonfiction wasn't boring at all, it just depends what type of subject you want to read about. Each author's book sounded absolutely fascinating to me. I honestly can not stand baseball, but I can't wait to read Joshua Prager's book because it captivated me. Stacey Sullivan's book sounds absolutely fascinating! I just can't believe that one roofer in the United States made such a huge cultural impact that lead to Kosovo declaring it's independence. And probably the first book I will read is Christine Kenneally's. The question of where language started is something that I've wondered for a long time and I'm very excited to read the research that she's done on the topic. And Nina and I had so much fun! She's one of the most down to earth, sweetest girl I've ever met!